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It wasn't that hot... I was in the shade at least. What was brutal was the humidity. Misery (Missouri) is already humid but the mopping put the local humidity in the garage at near 100%. I was sweating but it wasn't doing any good!

Today was a clean up day at the garage. Our floors are pretty low maintenance but I do mop them every so often. I am always amazed at how dirty the water gets because the floors hide so much of the dirt. I also hung up a montage of pictures from our latest trip. There was a blank place...

FMSC - Day 10 & 11 - The Road Home The final two days of the trip was just a high speed blast back to St. Louis. We had done most of this section of highway only a few days ago so we were not expecting too much in the way of surprises. The biggest difference in our path was that we decided to...

FMSC - Day 9 - Independence Pass In my original planning, I was going to have us head to Denver after finishing the Mesa drive on Sunday. But I waffled and eventually decided to head home on Monday morning instead so that the Mesa drive would not feel rushed. That did leave us with a...

FMSC - Day 9 - Mesa Drive The last official Summer Camp event is a group drive up the Mesa. Everyone was to gather at the headquarters and drive out together. The stopping point was very close to the "US Forestry Service" mark on the map below. We decided that we would make a loop out of...

FMSC - Day 8 - Car Show / Seminars / BBQ Saturday is the big day at Flyin' Miata Headquarters. They open up their facilities for a car show, a series of seminars, and a BBQ to finish the day. In prior years, they held the seminars inside their shop. This year, they had so much inventory...

FMSC - Day 7 We could have done another track day on Day 7 but decided to take it a bit easier. Our trip was not too stressful but I think we were a little tired from just going all the time. Our plan for the day was to wash our cars and participate in the sunset drive at Colorado National...

FMSC - Day 6 Day 6 was our first day in Grand Junction and our first true Flyin' Miata Summer Camp event. We got up early and drove over to the Grand Junction Motor Speedway to tech our cars and have our drivers meeting. Flyin' Miata rented out the track for 3 days (Wed/Thr/Fri) but we...

@moab11 - We bought some Bushnell GMRS radios (model LPX650) that we use to talk between cars. I'm sure there are better models but these work for us. It is quicker to pick up than trying to call on the phone. Plus, many areas do not have great cell coverage. I bring the charger with me...

FMSC - Day 5 Day 5 was I think one of the best driving days that I've ever had. Our plan was to head up Million Dollar highway then jog west a little along 145. We had done the route along 145 before but then we went west at Naturita into Paradox Valley and on into Moab. This time we were...

@Jayman17 - I do gain a few pounds every vacation it seems.... ;-) Portion sizes are out of control. A friend in the restaurant business says it is because of all of the non-food costs in the business. Basically, most of your bill is not the actual food but the rent on the building...

FMSC - Day 4 Day 4 was originally thought to just be a transition day from Colorado Springs (Pikes Peak) to Durango CO or the start of Million Dollar Highway. The Google maps suggestion was just to head down 25 and then west on 160. I decided we should take a slightly longer route and head...

FMSC - Day 3 - Pikes Peak Day 3 was all about making it to the top of Pikes Peak. I start with a couple maps so I can reference mile marks. Just as a reminder, last time we made it to Mile 16 at Devil's Playground but the rest of the way was closed due to snow and ice. We had timed...

FMSC 2026 - Day 1 and Day 2 The first big difference between taking our two Porsches and taking our two Miatas on a trip is just storage space. Miatas are just smaller. I had both a frunk and trunk on my Cayman. We were taking two cars - so it was not too hard but we added in the difficulty...

Flyin' Miata Summer Camp 2026 (FMSC 2026) After our big trip out west in 2024, we knew we had unfinished business (Pike's Peak) and the desire to get back out and explore the mountains again. We decided to base the trip this time around the Flyin' Miata Summer Camp (FMSC) since we now have...

My 2021 Cayman that I got on Thanksgiving weekend in 2020 is over 5 years old now and fully paid off. I used to daily drive it to work - but now that I am retired, it has mainly become my track car and a car to drive to Porsche club events. I ordered it from the factory with the intent to...

Miata Challenge 2026 We were late getting a start on the Miata Challenge for 2026. The STL Miata club puts out a list of 10 different sites to visit each January. If you visit and document attending each, you get a little grab bag of stickers and misc stuff at the holiday party. The weather...

My wife was flipping through Facebook tonight and a photographer (George Dill Photography) had linked in some photos from the last HPDE to our PCA clubs homepage. He only posted about 15 photos but six of them were of my car. These are great action shots of my car and this lucky find made my...

Nancy and I have been driving in HPDE regularly over the last 5 years. I have almost 40 HPDE (track) days under my belt. I've slowly worked my way up from novice, to intermediate and even advanced run groups. I decided to take the next step and took the Porsche National Instructor Training...

We were at the Place a few days ago and it was pouring down rain outside. I was watching on the camera system to see if the rain was letting up. I decided to grab a couple screen shots of the the views from our updated camera system to post here. The old system was starting to get unreliable...